This day in boxing. A look back.

[TitoFan]

Never get tired of watching Trinidad punch power. Very frightening. No one had done that to Joppy and Tito was firm favourite to win the Middleweight tournament

tito should have stayed at one fifty four. he looked unstoppable against the tough as nails william. i give him credit for going through with the bernard fight. they did everything possible to leave bernard out of the mix. tito never stood a chance against a fighter like bernard

I hear ya... and have heard the same from others. I myself think 154 was Trinidad's wheelhouse.

But look at the May 2002 middleweight rankings by The Ring:

Champ - Hopkins

#1 - Trinidad
#2 - William Joppy
#3 - Howard Eastman
#4 - Armand Krajnc
#5 - Harry Simon
#6 - Keith Holmes
#7 - Hacine Cherifi
#8 - Carl Daniels
#9 - Antonio Perugino
#10 - Tito Mendoza


Can't convince me Felix couldn't have ruled in that roost (other than Bernard).

In fact, he came back from the Hopkins loss to knock out Cherifi in a fight I was privileged to attend personally, since it was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

[TitoFan]

Eleven years ago today.

[Master]

Khan was boxing superbly, smart aggression and was very exciting until he got hit with that left hook.

[Martin Hary]

On this day: After winning the title of the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history, Mike Tyson wanted to break another record, but he faced an undefeated giant! Full article on Ruiksport.com

[Spicoli]

Think I’m late but had to rewatch again. 99’ and one of my all time favs with a monumental come from behind win. Carbajal had been battered and by all accounts passed the very end after being ko’d by Baby Jake Matlala. Retired for almost two years and as many top fighters do, just had to come back for one last run. Best thing was he got the w, took the belt off a young Arce who still had 3 championships later in career...and Carbajal put the belt and the worn weary gloves on his career ‘wall’ put his pride in his pocket and finally called it a day. Going out on top. Not sure it’ll show up. Phone having link issues

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng0aXH...Bqb3JnZSBhcmNl

[Master]

During the Crawford v Spence fight they mentioned Carbajal v Arce!

Carbajal was the first $million dollar flyweight and put the USA spotlight on the lower weights.

[Martin Hary]

ON THIS DAY: He turned "The Hurricane" into a harmless breeze. Mike Tyson came back from prison in style, grounding Peter McNeeley in less than 90 seconds 💪

https://ruiksport.com/trashtalk-who-...st-89-seconds/